Highways Arborist - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're looking for a Highways Arborist to join our Highways Team based in Birmingham.

Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and even more.

Location:
Thimble Mill Lane, Birmingham

Contract:
Full Time, Permanent

Salary:
Competitive

Responsibilities

As a Highways Arborist you'll be working within the Highways Team, supporting them to carry out all aspects of tree works from pruning to felling.

Your day to day will include:

Carrying out safety critical emergency works when required and liaise with members of the public if approached
Setting up safe working sites on the highway as well as following and complying with safe systems of work
Complete risk assessments, ICoP, paperwork and training

Who are we looking for?
This role of Highways Arborist is great for you if you have:

Qualifications up to and including City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness (CS 39).
Valid CSCS card
Experience and knowledge of strict Health & Safety operations and the related practical implications

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:

New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
A fantastic matched pension scheme
Life assurance
Wellbeing resources
Kier's Green Car Scheme

Who is Kier?

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more.

Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

**Closing date: 16th February 2023